Masters 2016

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Slippin Jimmy

Hopefully Hawkins can pull something out of the bag for this evenings session. I would be a big o'sullivan fan myself but that session today was pretty boring.

Very one sided. O Sullivan missed a few easy enough shots without being punished for it. Hawkins will need to really up his game of he has any chance.

Could very well be a quick final.

RoadhouseBlues

I like O'Sullivan myself, but I thought the commentators comments about the match last night were completely one sided in favour of him. They kept dismissing Bingham. At one stage he got an excellent snooker behind the yellow, and straight away they said it was a fluke. Its a good job the man was playing, and not listening to them.

Slippin Jimmy

I thought that myself actually. I've often seen O'Sullivan play some awful shots and very little is said. As soon as his opponent makes a mistake the commentators are all over them.

It must be disheartening if a player listens back to the commentary.

RoadhouseBlues

Exactly. It wouldn't do the confidence much good. I know Ronnie is very good and everything, but there is another player on the table as well. I was very surprised at how dismissive they were about Stuart. I absolutely love the game, but thats an uglier side to it that I hope gets weeded out.

Gwynplaine

Throw out those idiots in the crowd. It must be very off putting.

Slippin Jimmy

That fluke must have been tough on Hawkins.

breffni bogballer

nothin goin for Hawkins,if he bought a goldfish it would drown

511

I was hoping for more of a fight from Hawkins so this match would end close to 9 o'clock, but it looks like I'll have to find something else to do for the next hour.

willmunny1990

crowd would annoy a saint.

monkeysnapper

Yeh crowd sound like a load of wasters . poor Barry . never mind I'm sure the 90 k will come in useful .

Pity with his form today after the great playing of yesterday

The Golden Miller

I used to be a massive snooker fan but watch it with a passing interest these days. Massive dearth in genuine talent. Outside O'Sullivan, Trump, Robertson, Selby and Murphy there's not much happening. Even the latter 3 don't fill you with much confidence. Can't listen to the BBC analysts anymore. Nauseating as fcuk, in particular Davis. Everything is the best best best ever apparently. No actual objective critique

Spudman_20000

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I used to be a massive snooker fan but watch it with a passing interest these days. Massive dearth in genuine talent. Outside O'Sullivan, Trump, Robertson, Selby and Murphy there's not much happening. Even the latter 3 don't fill you with much confidence.

I think snooker is similar to golf in terms of the difficulty in being consistent. Higgins, Trump, Robertson, Bingham, Selby and Hawkins all showed good form during the week.

Trump and Selby in particular showed great form earlier in the week, but couldn't replicate this high level later in the tournament.

The world championship in April is always a better indicator of the depth of talent, with longer matches allowing good players to recover from one bad session.

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Well, the Masters is the top 20 players, so it might skew the age profile somewhat. And the consensus seems to be that more events on the tour are helping older players extend their careers and helping older guys like Bingham to improve their match play.

I think overall, the quality of players has improved, but considering the top older players that are around nowadays, it may be harder for any new players to win the big tournaments.

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tradhead

Really random question, asking for my boyfriend as it's driving him (and so, also me) mad!

Does anybody know what was Ronnie O' Sullivan's entrance music for the masters this year?

Slippin Jimmy

I think it has been the same as the previous years. I don't know what the name of it is.

The Golden Miller

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Really random question, asking for my boyfriend as it's driving him (and so, also me) mad!

Does anybody know what was Ronnie O' Sullivan's entrance music for the masters this year?

The Hours "Ali in the Jungle"?

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Legend, thanks a million!